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A friend of mine asked me the proper protocol for this as I usually play poker tournaments, but I wasn't sure what to tell him.
He participated in a sort of a 'lottery raffle' where he purchased a ticket that coincided with the state lottery's local daily number drawing and this 'number' is good for 10 weeks. Well, half way through, his number hit - for $25k ... He asked me if he is obligated to tip the seller of the ticket, and how much. Side note - the ticket cost was $200 ... I told him that in larger poker tournaments players usually tip 3-5% of their winnings. I didn't know if he would be comfortable with tipping that much to someone who simply sold him the ticket -- what would a decent tip be for him to give the seller ??? |
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Are you [censored] serious?
EDIT: Do you tip drug dealers too? |
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You're going to advise your friend to tip a [censored] numbers runner? hahahahaha
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He doesn't have to go to the seller to cash it in right? Tip 0$.
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Dammit - it is NOT a numbers runner !!!
If ANYONE is familiar with the Philly area and the Mummers Parade, there are organizations/bands/brigades that participate in the parade and they do FUNDRAISERS all year long to raise money for costumes, club expenses, etc! It's a legitimate fundraiser for the organization - each member of the club gets 10 or so tickets to sell for $200 each. If your number hits on any given night, you would win $200, thus I wouldn't think you'd have to tip. There are 2 nights during the 10 weeks that have large prizes, one is for $25k and the other is $50k. His number happened to hit the $25k night and was ASKING me if he should top his ticket seller -- JEEEEEEEEEEEZ, I would HOPE he doesn't tip his drug dealer too ! Oh, and he will be picking the money up from the PRESIDENT of the organization -- with the seller present, that's what he told me ... So ??? Any thoughts NOW ??? |
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Dammit - it is NOT a numbers runner !!! If ANYONE is familiar with the Philly area and the Mummers Parade, there are organizations/bands/brigades that participate in the parade and they do FUNDRAISERS all year long to raise money for costumes, club expenses, etc! It's a legitimate fundraiser for the organization - each member of the club gets 10 or so tickets to sell for $200 each. If your number hits on any given night, you would win $200, thus I wouldn't think you'd have to tip. There are 2 nights during the 10 weeks that have large prizes, one is for $25k and the other is $50k. His number happened to hit the $25k night and was ASKING me if he should top his ticket seller -- JEEEEEEEEEEEZ, I would HOPE he doesn't tip his drug dealer too ! Oh, and he will be picking the money up from the PRESIDENT of the organization -- with the seller present, that's what he told me ... So ??? Any thoughts NOW ??? [/ QUOTE ] a numbers runner by any other name is still a numbers runner. If anything I just donate a small small percentage to the charity. |
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No tip to the ticket seller, but many people would give some portion of the prize back to the organization.
That's what usually happens at most 50/50 drawings at my kids' school. |
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[ QUOTE ] Dammit - it is NOT a numbers runner !!! If ANYONE is familiar with the Philly area and the Mummers Parade, there are organizations/bands/brigades that participate in the parade and they do FUNDRAISERS all year long to raise money for costumes, club expenses, etc! It's a legitimate fundraiser for the organization - each member of the club gets 10 or so tickets to sell for $200 each. If your number hits on any given night, you would win $200, thus I wouldn't think you'd have to tip. There are 2 nights during the 10 weeks that have large prizes, one is for $25k and the other is $50k. His number happened to hit the $25k night and was ASKING me if he should top his ticket seller -- JEEEEEEEEEEEZ, I would HOPE he doesn't tip his drug dealer too ! Oh, and he will be picking the money up from the PRESIDENT of the organization -- with the seller present, that's what he told me ... So ??? Any thoughts NOW ??? [/ QUOTE ] a numbers runner by any other name is still a numbers runner. If anything I just donate a small small percentage to the charity. [/ QUOTE ] Right, offer them back a thousand or so, it would look good, if not, it doesn't look bad, I wouldn't tip the seller, but a steak dinner sound reasonable, if you are friends with the seller, if it's just a random you bought it off of, party time. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Dammit - it is NOT a numbers runner !!! If ANYONE is familiar with the Philly area and the Mummers Parade, there are organizations/bands/brigades that participate in the parade and they do FUNDRAISERS all year long to raise money for costumes, club expenses, etc! It's a legitimate fundraiser for the organization - each member of the club gets 10 or so tickets to sell for $200 each. If your number hits on any given night, you would win $200, thus I wouldn't think you'd have to tip. There are 2 nights during the 10 weeks that have large prizes, one is for $25k and the other is $50k. His number happened to hit the $25k night and was ASKING me if he should top his ticket seller -- JEEEEEEEEEEEZ, I would HOPE he doesn't tip his drug dealer too ! Oh, and he will be picking the money up from the PRESIDENT of the organization -- with the seller present, that's what he told me ... So ??? Any thoughts NOW ??? [/ QUOTE ] a numbers runner by any other name is still a numbers runner. If anything I just donate a small small percentage to the charity. [/ QUOTE ] Right, offer them back a thousand or so, it would look good, if not, it doesn't look bad, I wouldn't tip the seller, but a steak dinner sound reasonable, if you are friends with the seller, if it's just a random you bought it off of, party time. [/ QUOTE ] Im only donating it for tax purposes. |
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I agree. At first I was going to say tip the seller, but I was thinking more of a "I went into 7-11 and my a winning Lotto ticket" in that incident I would give the seller a tip of $500 on a $25K win.
In this case, I think giving a small portion back to the charity/organization that's holding it. $500-$1K. T |
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